<p>I just got my score report for November:</p>
<p>-1 on Math was a 760. Ouch. That's one stupid mistake on a "hard" question that dropped me 40 points. </p>
<p>Also, on Writing, I only missed one. It says I omitted 4, but I honestly have zero recollection whatsoever of omitting anything (I was going for a 2400, so I distinctly remember telling myself to answer everything). That dropped me from an 800 to a 750.
SHOULD I GET IT RE-SCORED BY HAND?</p>
<p>I have a feeling I didn't erase another bubble properly, and so the computer couldn't figure out which answer I put or not, idk.</p>
<p>what was your overall score?</p>
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<li> 2270 superscored.</li>
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<p>Anyway, math ****es me off. I was so certain I had aced it. 800--->760 on 1 question is so stupid. Can't I get a mulligan? hahaha</p>
<p>Also, if I got those writing points back, that boosts me to a 2310!</p>
<p>that sucks... but i guess those things come with taking a test..</p>
<p>just forget about it. Happens all the time. Work on that one question that you had problems with and ace it next time.</p>
<p>Its just motivation that's all.</p>
<p>Sat sucks anyways, what does one test prove ? Nothing. I have a Ba psychology and have taken psychometics. </p>
<p>The sat is flawed because if you want to sample behavior u need to take multiple sample to get a good picture of performance.</p>
<p>^ you're flawed because you answer SAT questions incorrectly :p</p>
<p>I concur with cocorain.</p>
<p>^ That's ridiculous. On any other day, many 2400 scorers could've gotten an unexpected curveball (random vocab they didn't study), flunked the essay, or simply had a brain fart. Luck is involved once you pass a certain threshold per section, and you know it.</p>
<p>Plus, I don't really mind if I'm only 99% efficient at something, as opposed to 100% efficient, as long as I'm also 99% efficient in a bunch of other things ;)</p>
<p>For instance, I could pwn plenty of 2400s in speech and debate, theatre, basketball, and walk-offs (any Zoolander fans? lol) </p>
<p>/bitter rant.</p>
<p>1) a 2260 is not the result of chance. you chose your answers, you didn't roll a die.
2) luck doesn't take over after a certain threshold. it is constantly at play, but if you're good enough it becomes
a non-factor
3) haven't you gotten similar scores in the past? it doesn't seem like bad luck,
considering you got nearly the same score last time</p>
<p>luck does indeed play a part but ChoklitRain is right in guessing that if you become familiar enough with every sort of test question, it becomes a nonfactor. now, if you're 2350 and above, then i'll say luck kept the 2400 away but don't say luck kept you away from 2400 when you have a 2260 because well, you can compare the number of 2400s per sitting and the number of 2260.</p>